Income inequality atkinson index undp in Ghana
Ghana: Income inequality atkinson index undp was 0.5095 in 2023. β² Rising
Latest (2023)
0.5095
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.5095
in 2017
All-time low
0.4668
in 2013
Years of data
14
2010β2023
Income inequality atkinson index undp in Ghana, 2010β2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality atkinson index undp in Ghana stood at 0.5095. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality atkinson index undp in Ghana peaked at 0.5095 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4668, in 2013.
That places Ghana 13th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4844 | 0.4668 | 0.5095 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5095 | 0.5095 | 0.5095 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 10 Comoros, Union of the 0.5244 compare
- 11 Haiti 0.5207 compare
- 12 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0.5143 compare
- 14 Barbados 0.4898 compare
- 15 South Sudan, Republic of 0.4885 compare
- 16 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0.4842 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Ghana
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.4 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,688 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 13.54 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.514 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 12.56 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1687 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1687 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1991 (2023)
- Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 39.0% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality atkinson index undp in Ghana?
- Income inequality atkinson index undp in Ghana was 0.5095 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality atkinson index undp recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5095 in 2017.
- What is the lowest income inequality atkinson index undp recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4668 in 2013.
- How does Ghana rank for income inequality atkinson index undp?
- Ghana ranks 13th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality atkinson index undp rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality atkinson index undp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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